15 min
Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP! Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) isn’t a sexy topic, but it’s an important one. Dropped bladders, dropped rectums, and/or a dropped uterus are common occurrences that are uncommonly talked about
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:
The Definition of PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
UTERINE Prolapse
Cystocele (BLADDER prolapse)
Rectocele (RECTAL Prolapse)
RISK factors for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SYMPTOMS of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SPLINTING- what it is and why women do it
HISTORICAL treatments for POP
The likelihood it will get WORSE
TREATMENTS
Pessaries
Estrogen therapy
SERM
Pelvic floor PT (Episode 39 -A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor)
Surgery
Link to graphics:https://www.drstreicher.com/dr-streicher-blog/2015/8/uterine-prolapse-risks-symptoms-and-treatment?rq=cystocele
uterine prolapse
cystocele
rectocele
splinting
For more information on this topic:
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) isn’t a sexy topic, but it’s an important one. Dropped bladders, dropped rectums, and/or a dropped uterus are common occurrences that are uncommonly talked about
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:
The Definition of PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
UTERINE Prolapse
Cystocele (BLADDER prolapse)
Rectocele (RECTAL Prolapse)
RISK factors for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SYMPTOMS of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
SPLINTING- what it is and why women do it
HISTORICAL treatments for POP
The likelihood it will get WORSE
TREATMENTS
Pessaries
Estrogen therapy
SERM
Pelvic floor PT (Episode 39 -A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor)
Surgery
Link to graphics:https://www.drstreicher.com/dr-streicher-blog/2015/8/uterine-prolapse-risks-symptoms-and-treatment?rq=cystocele
uterine prolapse
cystocele
rectocele
splinting
For more information on this topic:
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
15 min